Sanitary surface closet.



D. WHITMAN.

SANITARY SURFACE CLOSET.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-25,1915.

Patented May 30,1916.

2 SHEETSSHEET l- D, Willi/nan D. WHITMAN.

SANITARY SURFACE CLOSET.

APPLICATION men ocr. 26. 1915.

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SANITARY SURFACE CLOSET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 30, 1916.

Application filed October 26, 1915. Serial No. 57,955.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVIS WVHITMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Spartanburg, in the county of Spartanburg and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Surface Closets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in closets and to provide a simple, practical and comparatively inexpensive sanitary surface closet adapted to be readily installed in a house and equipped with means for carrying off all odors and for effectually preventing access of flies to its contents.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sanitary surface closet of this character having an excrement receptacle adapted to be readily removed at the ex terior of the house so as not to permit any of the odors to escape within the house while removing such receptacle from the cabinet or casing.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawing: Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a sanitary surface closet constructed in accordance with this invention, the supporting means for the hinged top being removed to illustrate the arrangement of the receptacle and the depending rim or shield. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, a hinged top being shown raised in dotted lines for' permitting the removal of the receptacle. Fig. 4 is an enlarged rear elevation of a portion of a closet.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In the accompanying drawing in which is illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention the cabinet closet comprises in its construction a cabinet or casing 1 designed to be constructed of wood or other suitable material and to extend into a room from the wall 2 at an opening 3 thereof, and having its outer or rear side located exteriorly of the wall and equipped with a door 4 hinged at 5 and provided at the opposite side of the cabinet with a suitable catch 6 for securing the door in a closed position. The door is adapted to afford access to an excrement receptacle 7, which is removed at the exterior of the house, the door being provided for this purpose. The excrement receptacle, which may be constructed of galvanized metal or other suitable material is shown rectangular in cross section in the accompanying drawings, but it may be made of any other desired configuration and is provided at its upper edge with a strengthening wire or rod 8 arranged in a suitable bead 9, and it is also preferably reinforced below the bead by a light angle bar 10. The receptacle is also equipped with opposite handles 11 to enable it to be readily carried and the bottom of the cabinet is provided with parallel bars or pieces 12 located at opposite sides of the cabinet and forming a guide or way to enable the receptacle to slide beneath a seat opening 13 in a hinged top 14. The front and side walls of the cabinet or casing are provided at their upper edges with horizontal supporting bars 15 and the top 14, which is arranged upon the supporting bars 15 is connected with the body portion of the cabinet or casing by hinges 16, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawing.

The hinged top 14, which carries a lid 17 is provided with a depending rectangular rim or shield 18 constructed of galvanized sheet metal or other suitable material and provided at the top with an attaching flange 19 and having a marginal flange 20 at the bottom substantially L-shaped in cross section and arranged to form a groove 21 to receive the upper edges of the receptacle, as clearly shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The seat opening is located within the depending shield or rim, and the L-shaped flange has an attaching portion 22 which may be mounted or otherwise secured to the rim or shield. The rim or shield fits down snugly against the upper edges of the receptacle and retains the latter in proper position and prevents any escape of liquid matter.

The hinged top with its rim or shield is lifted by an arm 23 to permit the removal of the receptacle. The arm 23 consists of a rod provided with an angularly bent downward extending portion or pivot 24, which is arranged in a bearing eye 25 and which is adapted to be turned against the rim or shield to facilitate packing and shipping the same before the parts are assembled. The arm or rod extends outwardly through a slot 26 and it is adapted to be raised and engaged by a gravity latch 27. The gravity latch consists of a hook pivotally mounted above the arm or rod and adapted to support the same in an elevated position. The slot 26 is normally covered by a slide 28 mounted in suitable guides and automatically operable by the rod or arm to cover and uncover the slot. The receptacle is free to be removed when the hinged top of the cabinet or casing is supported in an elevated position. The lid 17 is hinged at the back to a cleat 30 to enable it to be readily swung upwardly and downwardly and the said lid and the top of the cabinet or casing may be constructed of either wood or metal.

The cabinet is provided at opposite sides with an inlet aperture 31 and a ventilating pipe 32 and the rim or shield has opposite ventilating apertures 33, which, with the aperture 31 are screened to prevent the en trance of flies. The ventilating pipe is designed to extend to the upper portion of the house at the exterior thereof, preferably to a point beneath the eaves so as to be protected from the weather.

What I claim is: V

1. The combination with a wall having a slot and provided with an opening, of a cabinet or casing arranged in the wall and having a door located at the said opening, said cabinet or casing being also provided with a hinged top having an arm extending through the said slot, an excrement receptacle located within the cabinet or casing, a rim or shield carried by the said top and arranged to fit against the receptacle to confine the same within the cabinet or casing and prevent escape of liquid matter, an exteriorly arranged fastening device, and an arm connected with the rim or shield and extending through the slotand arranged to be engaged by the same'fastening device.

2. A closet of the class described including a cabinet or casing provided with a hinged top having a seat opening, an excrement receptacle located within the cabinet or casing below the seat opening, a rim or shield depending from the said top, a wall having a slot, an arm extending from the rim or shield and projecting through the slot, guides located at opposite sides of the slot, and a slidable closure mounted within the guides and supported by the said rod.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVIS 'WHITMAN.

Witnesses i G. W. R. FRANCE, H. B. CHAPMAN.

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